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4.4
408 Reviews (408)
5 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
10
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.1
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.5
85.6%
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343 out of 408 reviews
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4.1
9 Reviews (9)
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Conditions
4.2
Value
3.7
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.3
77.8%
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4.4
17 Reviews (17)
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.1
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.6
82.4%
Recommend this course
14 out of 17 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout consistently earns high praise, with the Acacia nine standing out as a particularly enjoyable and fun challenge. Exceptionally friendly staff and strong value for money make this a course worth returning to.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert/Traditional
Par 72
Length 7017 yards
Slope 127
Rating 73.1

Unlike many other Scottsdale courses, Kierland Golf Club's three nines sprawl across rolling hills without a single cactus in sight. The nines are played in three different 18-hole combinations. The Mesquite/Ironwood Course is has player-friendly fairways that are generous and easy and the green are large but not particularly undulating or fast, which makes the golf course accessible to a range of different skill levels. The course isn't entirely forgiving though. The Mesquite nine may be the flattest of the three nines but it is also the toughest. The par-4 sixth is especially demanding. The challenges of Mesquite are balanced by the player-friendly nature of the Ironwood nine. There is some strategic mounding but overall the links design is very approachable. The golf course ends with its signature hole, a classic risk-reward opportunity with a lake to the right and sand traps to the left.

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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways TiffEagle Grass
Greens TiffEagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Scott Miller

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.4
408 Reviews (408)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 22
Patio Dining 13
Brunch 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 38
Undulating Greens 25
Water Hazards 20
This course/club is great for:
Entertaining Clients 23
A Weekend Splurge 20
Advanced Golfers 19
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 36
Convenient to the City 33
Near Local Attractions 19

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Reviews 27
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great shape tee to green. Greens a little rough

Tee to green the course was in very nice condition. Greens a little rough but putted fairly well. Definitely a must to put on your list of courses to play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Misters on cart what an experience

The last few holes were not made for players with knee problems but still fun. You could not take the cart on the fairways and to get to your ball you had to walk down very steep grounds and very few walk ways to walk up and down in.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I always enjoy my round at Kierland

Greens a little bumpy, otherwise everything was near perfect

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Basic resort course layout...too pricey

You are mostly paying for the fact that it is located in north Scottsdale and it is part of a major resort. The course is in great condition, but it is your typical resort style course layout. Only one or two memorable holes, #7 and #9 on Acacia. We played Acacia and Mesquite. Mesquite was one of the more pedestrian courses I have played in the valley for the price that we paid.

If you're looking for an open and fairly easy course, than this is it. If you want to pay the same or even a little less and have a course with character, you can find a dozen courses in the area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Very Good Summer Shape

Well maintained considering the time of year. Only a few burnt out areas which is expected, however they do no affect play. Nice range, and even with 9 of the 27 holes closed with construction, we had a great day.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

If this course is this pristine in July, prime time must be heaven

Great course layout - professional staff all the way - 4 hrs rd and great fairways and true greens - great day out!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course has "grass" this time of year!!

I live here in the valley and play a lot of golf. A lot of the courses are burned out and barely have any grass. Kierland actually had grass and their greens rolled very fast. This course is in great condition considering it is summer. Thank you for a great time!!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Been There - Done That...

Well maintained for the most part, but expected more (kind of boring) for the price. Your money would be better spent elsewhere.
Relatively slow business wise... You would think they would lower their price to gain more during the summer.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Forgiving fairways.

Love this course! Always in great shape an air condition carts.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Well Maintained course

Played the Mesquite and Acacia courses today. Mesquite was nice and greens were soft and fast. Acacia greens were recently aerated and were quite slow and sandy. They also didn't roll very well. Both courses had very well maintained tee boxes and fairways. I felt bad that they didn't give us sand on the cart to fill our divots. I don't like leaving divots behind without filling them. The Misting system on the carts made the afternoon heat a little more bearable.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course -- fast greens

The course was in great condition, although one of the 9's (Acacia) was closed due to aerification. However, the greens were *extremely* fast -- like putting on concrete in some cases. I cannot remember ever missing two 3-4 foot putts in a single round and I missed four that day.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A so-so resort course

Fairly mundane course architecture. No signature holes or features. It's well-maintained and very forgiving - errant tee shots usually end up in an adjacent fairway. Overall, I expected more from a Westin course. I would not pay their rack rates during high season.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Exceeded my expectations!

With temps hovering around +40C everyday, I was expecting the course to be dried up. Pleasantly surprised to find a well maintained, well watered course. Greens were receiving. Maybe a little slow. Probably letting grass grow a little to retain watering. I thoroughly enjoyed my 2 rounds.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Great course very well maintained

This course was in great shape, the practice facilities were nice and the staff was friendly and courteous. Kierland has 3 nine-hole courses, we played the Ironwood and Acacia courses. The courses were not very long and have forgiving landing areas off the tees on several holes. This made the experience enjoyable for our group which included a variety skill levels. The greens were well manicured and pretty fast, with some difficult pins. I can not emphasize enough how nicely maintained the course. Overall it was a very enjoyable golf experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Nice course but too many people and slow play!

How can you charge these green fees and put a fivesome on the course? Play was way too slow and spoiled the round.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Wonderful layout, 3 nines each with their own personality. Only drawback was a slow twosome ahead of us that held up play ... no marshall

Played Mesquite and Acacia for twilight rate. Beautiful practise facility to warm up before the round, personable starter and pro shop staff as well as refreshment cart and food service. Some challenging holes and surprises but no trick holes. Fairly open and fair. Fans and mist in the carts were welcome in the heat. Only complaint was a slow twosome ahead of us that without any marshall to speed up. Fortunately we finished in enough time to see the piper play Dreamweaver's Canyon .... a classy touch to a great golf outing.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

A gem in the middle of Scottsdale

Kierland offers a great course with a great facility. The course, from tee to green is just perfect. The right amount of challenges gives you the chance to play aggressively if you want without being penalized too much. The only thing missing was.... sand to fill divots. But other than that, a perfect place to play in the middle of Scottsdale.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Fantastic course, staff and facilities.

This course/resort is part of the Westin group and as such has an expensive rack rate but after keeping an eye on Golf now my wife and I found a good deal(still on expensive side) to play this course. We booked to play on the Ironwood and Acacia course at a tee time 8:30.
Staff on arrival very friendly and helped us through the booking in process and directions to practise area. This itself was immaculate and after hitting a few we were ushered to our air conditioned buggy with mist spray and introduced to the starter who set us off with the usual instruction and tips with a joke or two thrown in as well.
I'm off 9 and played off the back tees which were perfect and as the course unfolded gave the right amount of challenge. The pace of play was great and the views and course condition fabulous. This truly is a course you must play and it's up there with the best of courses Az has to offer.
We finished our round where our clubs were cleaned to within an inch of their life by the super efficient staff.
We stayed on and had a wonderful lunch and would highly recommend this venue for golf and food.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Well maintained

The water for the cart coolers didn't work but otherwise it is a great experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Resort Course that you pay a Premium for Location

Well Kierland has three nines and is a resort course. Many of the fairways have large mounds or hills that help your ball back into play. Course is ok, but not worth $200 per round. I booked on Golfnow and paid half that amount. Anyway, I'd play this course again. Just be cognizant of the green fees. Driving rain was nice.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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